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Exposure to asbestos is a major cause of work-related deaths in the industrialized world, and deaths related to asbestexposition continue to increase worldwide. In the United States, asbestos-related deaths increased by 400% in the last 20 years. In response to this alarming trend, more organizations have in recent years began asbestos awareness campaigns on mesothelioma […]
Pericardial Mesothelioma is the cancer of pericardium, a protective membrane that surrounds the heart. As with other forms of the disease, pericardial mesothelioma is always fatal. Although pericardial mesothelioma life expectancy is difficult to predict – and largely determined by individual factors such as general health – usually most patients die within a year of […]
Lung fibrosis is a disease characterized by scarring in the interstitium – the space between the alveoli (lung vesicles) of the lung. This lethal disease is also known by the name of pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial fibrosis, and interstitial pulmonary disease (ILD). Lung fibrosis caused by asbestos is asbestosis. Causes of pulmonary fibrosis […]
Pleural thickening is the term used to apply scars “diffuse” (generalized) along the lining (pleura) of the lungs. When pleural scarring (pleural fibrosis) is focused on one site, it is called a pleural plaque. While pleural thickening is relatively harmless in some cases, it is also a significant amount of hazardous asbestos particles in exposed […]
Examinations and research have demonstrated that erionite mineral filaments can be dangerous, that is. Indeed, it can be a great deal more cancer-causing (100 to 800 times) than asbestos. Introduction to erionite can happen in many spots since it is all over the place. They exist in the materials used to manufacture houses outside the […]
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a disease in which scar tissue forms in the interstitium occurs, the interstitial space between the air bags of the lungs (alveoli). The ILD is also known as interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis, or interstitial fibrosis. When ILD occurs due to Asbestex position, it is called asbestosis. There […]
To define mesothelioma is becoming a daunting task for most people who are not medically inclined. However, there are very simple and complex definitions available online and offline. I will take you through some of the definitions available and leave you to determine which one best explains it to you. In the medical fraternity, personnel […]
Pleural mesothelioma is a disease that affects the lungs of mucus or pulmonary pleura. Sometimes doctors refer to the disease as a mesothelioma of the pleura. There is a common error that mesothelioma is a type of primary lung cancer; it is not. Mesothelioma is a cancer of the serous skin. These membranes comprise a […]
About 2,000 new cases of malignant mesothelioma are diagnosed in the US every year, according to the National Cancer Institute. The incidence is about nine cases per 1 million people internationally. In the autumn of 2004, the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported an increase in deaths from exposure to asbestos. Although the […]
One may be asking: Can mesothelioma victims take legal action against the companies they used to work for which they got exposed to asbestos or erionite? Read on to find an answer to this pressing issue. Mesothelioma is one of the deadliest diseases ever discovered. Mesothelioma is a malignant tumor, a kind of rapid spread […]